In the last days before her death Nel called her sister Jules didn t pick up the phone ignoring her plea for help br br Now Nel is dead They say she jumped And Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind br br But Jules is afraid So afraid Of her long buried memories of the old Mill House of knowing that Nel would never have jumped br br And most of all she s afraid of the water and the place they call the Drowning Pool

Coelho s special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once The kind of spirituality he espouses is to all comers His readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books br em New Yorker em br br From the bestselling author of em The Alchemist em Paulo Coelho comes an absorbing new novel that holds a mirror up to our culture s obsession with fame glamour and celebrity

Like most gentiles in Nazi occupied Paris architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn t really believe in Ultimately he can t resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces behind a painting within a column or inside a drainpipe detecting possibilities invisible to the average eye But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly and the immense suffering of Jews becomes incredibly personal he can no longer deny reality br br Written by an expert whose knowledge imbues every page this story becomes more gripping with every life the architect tries to save br

I ve seen plenty of gorgeous women and had a good number of them too but no one has ever had such a profound effect on me as Freya Cullen br br I only saw her for the briefest of moments but when I did I knew I d never forget her She s the most powerful intoxicating woman I ve ever seen no mere mortal could have been responsible for this irresistible creation br br But could it also be possible that she s a murderer A huntress br br As I seek to avenge the untimely death of a fellow dragon I can t ignore the fact that Freya now holds a sacred possession that once belonged to my dearly departed comrade br br But there s something about her that s unlike any human I ve ever known something that threatens to consume me entirely if I can t rein in the fiery beast within br br For the first time in my long existence I m finding it hard to control myself But to be honest I m not sure I want to br br This is the third installment of the Dragons Of Sin City series Each story is a standalone and may be read in any order Also available br br Book Stryker s Desire br Book Hunter s Desire br Book Xavier s Desire br br Xavier s Desire is a standalone novella with steamy shifter scenes and explicit language written for readers age and over

br Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet s hit television show i My Cat from Hell i Jackson Galaxy a k a Cat Daddy isn t what you might expect for a cat expert as i The New York Times i noted with his goatee and tattoos he looks like a Hells Angel Yet Galaxy s ability to connect with even the most troubled felines not to mention the stressed out humans living in their wake is awe inspiring In this book Galaxy tells the poignant story of his thirteen year relationship with a petite gray and white short haired cat named Benny and gives singular advice for living with caring for and loving the feline in your home br br When Benny arrived in his life Galaxy was a down and out rock musician with not too much more going on than a part time job at an animal shelter and a drug problem Benny s previous owner brought the cat to the shelter in a cardboard box to give him up Benny had seen better days his pelvis had just been shattered by the wheels of a car and his owner insisted he d been unbondable from day one Nothing could have been further from the truth An inspiring account of two broken beings who fixed each other i Cat Daddy i is laced throughout with Galaxy s amazing Cat Mojo advice for understanding what cats need most from us humans in order to live happier healthier lives

In Chemistry Imagined Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann in a unique collaboration with artist Vivian Torrence reveals the creative and humanistic sparks that drive science in general and chemistry in particular A series of thirty field color painted collages paired with short essays personal commentary and poems evokes the magic of this usually inaccessible field its historical roots the richness of modern chemical activities and the mysterious confluences of science and art Showing the general reader how science permeates daily life Hoffmann stresses the social cultural literary and psychological contexts of chemistry With delicate surreal images Torrence explores the highly visual nature and the intellectual essence of chemistry the way chemists think and the way they formulate their questions Chemistry Imagined discusses chemical discoveries processes and personalities in an unusually humanistic manner Perusing the contents a reader finds the first drafts of the periodic table of elements likened to revisions of a William Blake poem the chemical reasons behind the success of Chinese folk medicine a poem about scanning tunneling microscopy similarities between molecules and musical instruments and a meditation on why it is that scientists supposediy discover but artists create The general public along with scientists and artists will find that this celebration of how molecular science fits into world culture is surprising compelling and poignantly beautiful Torrence s provocative images and Hoffmann s perceptions of modern and ancient chemistry shape an illuminating collage of a central science

p strong One mistake Four years of regret strong strong A second chance worth fighting for strong p p When I traded one dream for another em she em was the price My Anna But I never forgot her Never let go And no amount of drumming could drown out my love for her Her music is my head p p Still em Always em p p And when I see her again it s so clear Anna is mine She ll always be mine I just have to convince her p p Missing From Me is an epic story about second chances redemption undying love and music Because every great romance deserves a soundtrack p

In Being and Time Heidegger gives an account of the distinctive features of human existence in an attempt to answer the question of the meaning of being He finds that underlying all of these features is what he calls original time In this clear and straightforward introduction to the text Paul Gorner takes the reader through the work examining its detail and explaining the sometimes difficult language which Heidegger uses The topics which he covers include being in the world being with thrownness and projection truth authenticity time and being and historicity His book makes Being and Time accessible to students in a way that conveys the essence of Heidegger s project and remains true to what is distinctive about his thinking

b Noseholes and elephants A pet eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort but who is that new masked avenger b br br Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans mysterious plans like a princess playdate They dress up slam They karaoke jam They playhouse romp and snack time stomp But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort s castle interrupts their fun It s a monster trying to eat someone s kitty This is a job for the Princess in Black Yet when the Princess in Black gets there she finds only a masked stranger and no monster in sight or is there Action and humor abound in this ode to friendship that proves that when shape shifting monsters intrude on your plans two heroes are better than one

Two years ago Riley Young fled from Lawton Alabama After accusing the oldest Lawton son Rhett of rape everyone called her a liar and she had no option but to leave Now she s back but she s not at Lawton High finishing up her senior year She s at home raising the little girl that no one believed was Rhett s br br Rhett is off at college living the life he was afraid he d lose with Riley s accusation so Riley agrees to move back to Lawton so she and her parents could take care of her grandmother who is suffering from Alzheimer s But the town still hasn t forgotten their hate for her and she hasn t forgotten the way they turned on her when she needed them most br br When town golden boy Brady Higgens finds Riley and her daughter Bryony stranded on the side of the road in a storm he pulls over and gives them a ride Not because he cares about Riley of course but because of the kid br br But after the simple car ride he begins to question everything he thought he knew Could Brady believe Riley and risk losing everything

Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer He trusts no one Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree Hubbard leaves a new handwritten will It is an act that drags his adult children his black maid and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County s most notorious citizens just three years earlier br The second will raises far more questions than it answers Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row

Every summer four college friends hold a mini reunion They laugh reminisce and commiserate about their soul sucking jobs Maybe they should have listened to everyone who warned them to study something practical br br Then an unexpected windfall arrives one million dollars to be exact with the stipulation that they use it to jump start their new careers Almost overnight a professor a bartender a copywriter and an administrative assistant reinvent themselves as a novelist an event planner a pastry chef and a bed and breakfast owner But the changes in their professional roles create unexpected turbulence in their personal lives and soon the secrets and scandals from their past start to resurface br br For anyone who has ever wondered What if this engaging novel provides a sweet funny look at friendship romance and second chances br b b

When small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare the connection couldn t be stronger but the timing couldn t be worse br br Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids Hix becomes that guy that one he never wanted to be and puts a stop to things before they can even start Protecting his kids and himself is his only priority br br Greta on the other hand has found the place for her and the brother she adores that s perfect for them a sleepy little town in Nebraska She s learned from life that there are no hopes and dreams The only thing to look forward to is peace And that s what she works hard to build for herself and her brother Right up until Hix walks into her life br br Hix can t fight the pull and stay away from Greta for long And Greta s finding it hard not to hope for something more with all the promise that is Hix br br But when the first murder that s happened in over five decades rocks his small sleepy county Hix has got to learn to trust again convince Greta to take a shot with him and at the same time catch a killer br br In other words things are definitely Complicated

In this poignant and sparkling debut a lovable widower embarks on a life changing adventure br br Sixty nine year old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life He gets out of bed at precisely a m just as he did when his wife Miriam was alive He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest waters his fern Frederica and heads out to his garden br br But on the one year anniversary of Miriam s death something changes Sorting through Miriam s possessions Arthur finds an exquisite gold charm bracelet he s never seen before What follows is a surprising and unforgettable odyssey that takes Arthur from London to Paris and as far as India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife s secret life before they met a journey that leads him to find hope healing and self discovery in the most unexpected places br br Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters with big hearts and irresistible flaws i The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper i is a curiously charming debut and a joyous celebration of life s infinite possibilities

Sep Arkle Mack Lamb and Hadley five friends thrown together one hot sultry summer When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest they decide to each make a sacrifice something special to them committed to the box for ever And they make a pact they will never return to the box at night they ll never visit it alone and they ll never take back their offerings br br Four years later the gang have drifted apart Then a series of strange and terrifying events take place and Sep and his friends understand that one of them has broken the pact br br As their sacrifices haunt them with increased violence and hunger they realise that they are not the first children to have found the box in their town s history And ultimately the box may want the greatest sacrifice of all one of them